People and government

Thai PM to attend inaugural US-ASEAN summit

Thailand’s Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha will attend the inaugural US-ASEAN summit in United States next week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Sek Wannamethee revealed on 5 February. The event will be held at Sunnylands in Rancho Mirage, California from 14-18 February on the invitation of US President Barack ...

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi names former general to head key advisory panel

Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s party on 4 February nominated Shwe Mann, one of the country’s most powerful politicians, to head a prominent legal advisory panel, as the freshly elected parliament prepares to choose a new president. Shwe Mann, the No. 3 in the junta ...

‘Fifth Estate’ app aims for govt accountability in Myanmar

In a country now saturated with smartphones and an information-hungry population, it was only a matter of time before someone developed an app for civic engagement with the newly elected National League for Democracy-led government. Enter Ko Soe Lin Htoot, a 32-year-old computer designer who hopes ...

Ethnic MPs get ready to take on the majority

Even though Myanmar’s NLD controls both houses of parliament, ethnic minority MPs are ready to take on the majority to improve ethnic rights. The representative of the Zomi Congress for Democracy, which won two upper house and two lower house seats, said that even with a small ...

Pacific Rim nations sign giant trade deal amid protests

The US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership, one of the biggest trade deals in history, was signed in New Zealand on 4 February as protestors demonstrated over fears for jobs and sovereignty. The ambitious deal, promising the elimination of nearly all tariffs among the 12 member nations, aims to break ...

Petrol-smuggling fight requires co-operation

Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc called on ministries and agencies to co-operate better with the coast guard and border guard in fighting petrol smuggling. Phuc, who is also head of the National Steering Committee on the Prevention and Control of Smuggling, Trade Fraud and ...

Vietnamese PM issues decree on nutrients newly required in food

Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a decree to introduce iodine, iron, zinc and vitamin A as compulsory elements that need to be contained in Vietnamese food. Decree 09/2016/ND-CP on food fortification released last week and to take effect from 15 March this year ...

Thailand's NLA passes teen mom prevention bill

The National Legislative Assembly Thursday passed the final reading of a bill aimed at reducing pregnancies among teenage girls. The bill was passed in the third reading with 179 votes while six NLA members abstained. Keep reading ...

Police raid capital's drug-blighted village

Officials at an annual anti-drug police conference in the capital on 2 February called on authorities to renew their efforts to eradicate drugs in the blighted Phnom Penh village of Trapaing Chhouk, and this time, they said, make it work. As if on cue, a contingent of ...

New Sri Sathya Sai school to accept more enrolments

The first ever Sri Sathya Sai School in Laos, based on a human-value based educational model, has plans to accept more enrolments for the 2016-2017 academic year after opening its doors last September. To date, there are 74 children, including 37 females attending the class from ...

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